The hero of the book is a little prince from a tiny asteroid. The narrator, a pilot on Earth, meets the little prince in the desert and tells a variety of adventures he experiences in departure from his planet to Earth.

本书的主人公是来自外星球的小王子。书中以一位飞行员作为故事叙述者，讲述了小王子从自己星球出发前往地球的过程中，所经历的各种历险。